Thomas G. Kurtz

Thomas G. Kurtz (born 14 July 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States) is an American emeritus professor of Mathematics[1] and Statistics[2] at University of Wisconsin-Madison known for his research contributions to many areas of probability theory and stochastic processes.

In particular, Kurtz’s research focuses on convergence, approximation and representation of several important classes of Markov processes.

His findings appear in scientific disciplines such as systems biology, population genetics, telecommunications networks and mathematical finance.

Over the years he has also held many visiting positions, which include: Prof. Kurtz has served in many scientific committees and Editorial boards of academic journals.

[6] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in the 2020 Class, for "research in probability and its applications, especially for contributions to the study of Markov processes".